It never ceases to amaze me how politicians can love the place, but not the people who live there.

Sarah Palin is not the first politician to "Love America, but not love AMERICANS". These pols love the stature and prestige of America, but have no understanding of what it took to get here. They'll say things like "We have the best Judicial System in the world", but want to limit appeals in death sentence cases.

One of my personal favorites is the idea that to complain or protest agsainst America is to be less than patriotic. Does my service in Kosovo, Somalia, and Iraq make me more the patriot than someone protesting the 2 (TWO!!) on going wars? No. No it does not. I am a Marine (Once... Always...) the people who love this country best are the ones who hold it accountable. Who say to it "You are so much better than what you have become". "We have a short history, but it has been distinguished by moments which made the world better". "You are stronger than your force of arms". "We the people of America are better than this, and I object to you doing these things in my name". These are the words of Patriots.

What Mrs. Palin seems to miss is the history of the moment; that 2 black Americans became accepted as just American. 222 years 4 months 28 days ago this country was born of this dream.

OMG I gotta go see this

Rachel Maddow Clashes With Jon Stewart, Civilly, In Hour's Worth Of Interview Excerpts

I just read Jeremy Scahills article in the Nation and...



Yes Obama is a War Criminal too. If He has continued the torture policy of George Bush then he is a War Criminal too.



It is official, we are now North Korea.
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Rachel Maddow Clashes With Jon Stewart, Civilly, In Hour's Worth Of Interview Excerpts

Jon Stewart is correct...

Saying the former President is a WAR CRIMINAL is the end to the conversation...

about whether water boarding is torture (because IT IS).



It is also the BEGINNING to the conversation as to whether we need to follow OUR OWN LAWS and arrest him, try him, convict him, and send him to jail. If we don't have to follow our own laws, then I'm never paying a speeding ticket again, since the laws of the country don't matter.
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Sarah Palin: Obama 'Most Pro-Abortion President'

HEY MSM,



Its time to embargo this person. If she is unwilling to put her ideas upto public scrutiny by speaking only with people who will not challenge her, then she should be kept off the airwaves. FOX news isn't mainstream media, it is the propaganda wing of the Republican Party.
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My Day At The Rally To Restore Sanity

I watched the rally on cspan. I liked the message.



HOWEVER...



While I want us all to get along...

and play nice...

and come to compromise.



It is exactly that tendency on the side of the left that has driven the country into the ditch. When the conservatives hold to a ridiculously right wing position they are considered principled hard negotiators. When the Progressives present moderate positions (i.e. Health Care Reform) they are continuously admonished by the MSM to be move MORE towards the conservative position.



A perfect example of this is President Obama. He has spent ALL his political capital trying to reach out to the republicans. In his opening months he even went as far to say "The stimulus bill wouldn't be acceptable UNLESS they could get republican support". Health Care was stalled for 3 months trying to water the bill down enough to gain republican support. Wall Street reform has Loopholes big enough to drive Jupiter through, because republicans in the senate would not support it otherwise. Even things like revoking the Bush taxcuts are in doubt because the republicans refuse to move an inch, even though 95% of the people in the country have ALREADY received a taxcut.



So...

As much as I want to move forward together, I propose moving on without them and forcing them to catch up or just letting them fall off the back. Why, Because we spend too much time entertaining silly or stupid ideas.
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